The Ferdinand[]
The Ferdinand, also known as the Swooshie is an ingame entity. It resembles a block, all the way down to its behavior; it is grouped in with other blocks on the first tab in the Level editor, and it always comes in two colors that are determined by the two colors of regular blocks in the level.
Gameplay Aspect[]
Ferdinand takes up one block, and behaves like one; they fly, or 'swoosh' left and right wherever they are placed, and if a block or otherwise an entity is in their way of going further on, it will simply go back to the other direction and then go back and forth again.
Players can stand and jump ontop of it, and so it's useful to get across large stretches of hazards such as spike blocks or water.
Laser blocks and saws do not faze them and instead Ferdinand can block them out like a regular block. Weapons and entities cannot harm them either, and they generally cannot be killed or hurt.
Appearance[]
Ferdinand are cubic creatures with their face on their body; they seem to have a constant expression of awe or shock, and they are extremely fluffy. Their fur moves gracefully in the wind when they hover left or right. Their color is determined by the color of the regular blocks in the level.
Trivia[]
- They cannot pass through false blocks, and instead treat them like any regular blockade.
- Their shocked expression is reminiscent of the many silly expressions many artists in the early 2010s would give their characters and have in animations, around the time Battleblock was in development.